ILM Ballot Polls for 2014 and beyond -- order, timing, "I would have voted if I'd known about it," etc

The half-decade/decade=and-a-half poll is on indefinite hiatus because a) there's no agreement on which it should be and b) my life is too weird and unpredictable right now to run a major poll.

That being the case, the path is clear for whoever wants to run whatever.

Cool. I'll get the Metallica one going this weekend.

:D

déjà vu

hey guys, i'll start Queen later tonight if that's alright?

was really looking forward to Fairport, but don't know if that's happening anytime soon

Fairport is next up make it happen

Stone POLLd Crazy: The ILM Queen Poll Voting Thread (#68? in a series)

grazie Bee OK! forgot to put out the alert.

The Fairy POLLers Master-Stroke: The ILX Queen Poll Results Thread (#68 in a series)

Yeah, I am happy for you queen fans and am gonna let you roll out, just want to ask:

Where is the up-to-date list? The list up-top used to be it, but it's way out of.

Just wondering which ones I can look forward to.

Yes what is up next?

Looks like Fairport or Can.

how about Nirvana?

here's the list:

Current active poll:Queen - charlie h (link: The Fairy POLLers Master-Stroke: The ILX Queen Poll Results Thread (#68 in a series))
Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080
Extreme Metal - Viceroy
Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds
Can - Z S
Tom Petty - rogermexico
Jimi Hendrix - some dude
Stereolab - Moka
Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK
Genesis + solo - NickB
The Smiths - nate woolls
Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl
The Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCain
Dead C - Raymond Cummings
Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve
John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?
Rush - Matt #2
Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one
George Michael - Ismael Klata
Talking Heads - Bee OK
Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
Van Halen - Johnny Fever
Billy Joel - Doctor Casino
Low - aldo
Nine Inch Nails - chap
REM - rogermexico.
Bjork - Eric H.
Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie
Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
Covers - kornrulez6969
New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee
They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever
No Wave - sarahell
DFA - Van Horn Street
Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις
Erykah Badu - Eric H.
Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h
Herbie Hancock - crüt
Aphex Twin - Stevie D
Blondie - Bee OK
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie
Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo
AM Radio Gold - Jeff W
Eurovision - nxd
Steve Albini - nate woolls
Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs
Elvis Presley - Euler
Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969
Cardiacs + affiliated - imago
Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B
Chic Organization -
Stooges/Iggy Pop -
French/Francophone - Van Horn Street

Oo, Stereolab coming up? Cool.

Oasis? Blimey, they'll be fighting in the street..

Stooges? Will we live that long?

I have asked to add Smashing Pumpkins to this list.

okeedoke, just get in line!

Hard Rock/Hair Metal - gr8080
Extreme Metal - Viceroy
Stephin Merritt - Gukbe
Fairport Convention et al (R Thompson, S Denny) - Billy Dods
Nirvana - Gavin, Leeds
Can - Z S
Tom Petty - rogermexico
Jimi Hendrix - some dude
Stereolab - Moka
Bauhaus/Tones on Tail-Love and Rockets/Peter Murphy - Bee OK
Genesis + solo - NickB
The Smiths - nate woolls
Pearl Jam - VegemiteGrrl
The Burt Bacharach songbook - C. Grisso/McCain
Dead C - Raymond Cummings
Royal Trux + side projects - sleeve
John Fahey - Naive Teen Idol?
Rush - Matt #2
Oasis - pollrunner needed for this one
George Michael - Ismael Klata
Talking Heads - Bee OK
Gamble & Huff/Philly International Records - jetfan
Van Halen - Johnny Fever
Billy Joel - Doctor Casino
Low - aldo
Nine Inch Nails - chap
REM - rogermexico.
Bjork - Eric H.
Wu-Tang Clan - Spottie
Shoegaze/Dream Pop/Post-rock (Albums and EPs) - Bee OK
Covers - kornrulez6969
New Pornographers/AC Newman - staggerlee
They Might Be Giants - Johnny Fever
No Wave - sarahell
DFA - Van Horn Street
Misfits/Samhain/Danzig - gr8080
Beatles solo careers - Οὖτις
Erykah Badu - Eric H.
Nick Cave/Bad Seeds/Birthday Party/et al - charlie h
Herbie Hancock - crüt
Aphex Twin - Stevie D
Blondie - Bee OK
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - Spottie
Siouxsie & the Banshees/The Creatures - LeRooLeRoo
AM Radio Gold - Jeff W
Eurovision - nxd
Steve Albini - nate woolls
Yellow Magic Orchestra - frogbs
Elvis Presley - Euler
Byrds + offshoots - kornrulez6969
Cardiacs + affiliated - imago
Tropicalia/MPB - Frederik B
Chic Organization -
Stooges/Iggy Pop -
French/Francophone - Van Horn Street
Smashing Pumpkins - Bee OK

Alright what is next?

viceroy is frobisher now btw

Hey! I'm ready to go... making my poll thread right now!

if that's alright, of course.

Do yr thing

its kinda amusing that extreme metal will be going up at the same time as hair metal. Will there be any overlap in voters?

and is it extreme metal songs or albums?

They arent happening at the same time afaict

The two polls are gonna fight each other in the mall parking lot.

It will be albums, perhaps you might want to help me come up with a good description of what is extreme and what is not, CS?

hmmmm im no good at describing things but will try

that's ok... its up and running here:
EXTREME METAL Albums Poll - Nominations Round

I'm doing a nominations round first.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9c/Extreme_(_Extreme_album_-_cover_art).jpg

ceci n'est pas extreme

that's for the poodle metal poll!

pity the poor bands that will miss out on being allowed in both polls like priest, maiden..

black alnum and beyond metallica will be allowed in a hard rock/hair metal poll right? Will grunge acts be barred?

put me down for a grunge poll I guess in 2018

Im hoping that regulars of the ballot poll thread who partake in most polls will try and take part in frobishers poll.

jf you can nominate and vote for your fave thrash

Nah, I'll pass.

The metal poll seems to have stalled. Shall we move onto the next one?

How many of these a month, two? So anything towards the bottom of the list is two+ years away?

They happen so randomly now it's hard to predict, but yeah...AT LEAST two years.

you guys are so impatient

rip polls

I know, I know, #getalife, but I'm kind of sad an "ILM - 2010-2014 Tracks/Albums" rollout isn't happening this year.

Gotta see what my new job situation is like (I don't even know yet if I'll have internet access). We may get to that poll after all, though.

not seen frobisher online much the past few weeks but I think he has problems with how to tabulate etc

Theres an excel template for that

What's up with the metal poll? Can we go to the next one?

I feel like the queue was necessary and helpful when the poll craze first started taking off but now that things have mellowed out we could probably do a free-for-all, or pick a month and make that a free-for-all just to see if things get to crowded or if things would work out fine that way.

in a free for all would people still have dibs on particular artists/genres? like, if someone was on the queue to do a Level 42 ballot poll but weren't able/inclined to run the poll any time soon would it be cool for someone else to start their own Level 42 ballot poll for example?

if the metal poll(s) is/are failing than Stephen Merritt is next obviously